diff --git a/extensions/sinks/kafka/ext/kafka.go b/extensions/sinks/kafka/ext/kafka.go
index c5078e9e43..033e5c11d9 100644
--- a/extensions/sinks/kafka/ext/kafka.go
+++ b/extensions/sinks/kafka/ext/kafka.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func getDefaultKafkaConf() *kafkaConf {
 		MaxAttempts:  1,
 		WriterConf: kafkaWriterConf{
 			BatchSize:    100,
-			BatchTimeout: time.Millisecond,
+			BatchTimeout: 5 * time.Millisecond,
 			BatchBytes:   1048576,
 		},
 	}